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Application April 26, 1954, Serial No. 425,531

1 Claim. (Cl. 30-168) My invention relates to a chisel for removing putty and its novelty resides in the arrangement and combination of parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

There is a real problem in removing putty that has dried out and hardened over years of exposure to the weather, without injuring the glass. This is more especially true of stained glass windows where any injury to the glass would involve very heavy expense in labor to repair same and difiiculty in matching the color in the stained glass material itself.

My chisel solves this problem in a complete manner by furnishing a device that can be held in a horizontal manner and gently tapped on the side so as to quickly and safely remove the hardest and driest putty from the most delicate window either vertically or horizontally without any damage or injury to the window or the frame.

Another object of my device is to permit the operator in using it to operate in either direction horizontally or vertically the complete length or width of a window and permitting safe access to difficult window frame corners for complete removal of the hardest sections of dried out putty by gentle hammer tapping without the danger of any injury to either the glass or the frame of the window.

The same device can also be used in the regular or vertical position tapping the handle end as is usual to operate it as any chisel is ordinarily used.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of my device in use in the horizontal position on putty in a window frame broken away for convenience;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my device with a portion of the handle broken away to show the interior construction;

Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2 without any part being broken away;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a modification of my device;

Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. 4 with a portion broken away for convenience; and

Fig. 6 is a cross section of Fig. 4 on the line 66.

Referring to the drawings, 10 is my chisel for removing putty which is comprised of a metal portion 11 and a wooden handle portion 12. Said handle 12 is secured to the metal portion 11 by a metal handle cap 13 and integral metal rod 14, which rod 14 passes through a suitable boring 16 in said handle 12 into a boring 17 in the metal portions 11 and 12, and 13 and 14 thus hold 11 and 12 rigidly together in a fixed position by means of pin 15 which is hammered through a tight fitting boring 18 in said metal portion 11 so as to anchor securely into rod 14. Rod 14 fits borings 16 and 17 so snugly that it must be driven into same and so also pin 15 fits boring 18 snugly so that it must be driven into place therein thereby further insuring rigidity and permanent joinder of handle 12 and metal portion 11 of my device.

The metal portion 11 has a tapered shank portion 11a integral with an enlarged heavy anvil portion 11b and a chisel blade portion 110 preferably integral with and projecting from the outer end ,of said anvil portion 11b.

nited States Patent 0 ice ' Chisel blade portion 11c may also be separate from anvil portion 11b and be rigidly secured therein by a snug fitting driven fit into 11b.

.The chisel blade portion also has beveled knife cutting side edges 19 and 20 and beveled end knife cutting edge 21.

Anvil portion 11b has substantial flat side pounding anvil faces 22 and 23 which are adapted to be tapped by a hammer such as'24.

An alternative form of my device is shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in which there is a long chisel blade portion 25 which has a long single side knife cutting edge 26 and a thick back 27 has a flat anvil surface 28 adapted to be tapped by hammer 24.

Fig. 1 shows a window frame 29 having putty 30 in said window frame 29 in dried out hardened condition around the edge of said frame 29 and my device in use removing same at 31.

In using my chisel for removing putty the operator will use it in the horizontal position as shown in Fig. 1 and applying the side cutting edge 20 to the putty 30 firmly adhered to the window frame 29 the anvil face 22 of anvil portion 11b will be tapped by hammer 24 so as to remove the putty 30 gradually and surely but without in any way contacting or affecting the glass or stained glass window in frame 29 by vibration or otherwise as the tapping of the heavy anvil portion 11b by hammer 24 with the sharp knife cutting edge 20 following the line of putty 20 affects only the removal of the putty and does not affect either the frame 29 or the glass contained therein. The weight of anvil portion 1112 enables a light tap to be effective and the horizontal position of said cutting edge 20 enables the operator to follow absolutely the horizontal line of putty 30 and still secure a perfect horizontal directional tap on face 22 of anvil section 11b in a manner to remove the most difficult putty 30 without any injury or disturbance to the glass in frame 29. Be cause of the side cutting edges 19 and 20 on each side of 11c the operator can proceed in either direction and the anvil faces 23 and 22 make it possible to tap either according to the desired direction. Also these two side cutting edges 19 and 20 enable the operator to work from either side of corner 32 of frame 29 right into the said corner 32 to take out all putty 30 effectively.

It will be particularly noted that chisel portion 110 also has an outer and cutting edge 21 which permits the usual straight forward use of my device by tapping the metal head 13 with hammer 24.

The structure shown in Figs. 4 and 5 has only a single long side cutting edge 26 and the single anvil face 28 on the thick back 27 but it operates in the same manner as cutting edges 19 and 20 but can be used on a wider putty 30 or other material and by turning cutting edge 26 in the desired direction can be used in either direction.

My device is also adapted to be used not only when the ordinary chisel is required, but for many delicate operations when the ordinary chisel could not be safely used particularly when gentle tapping with my chisel held in the horizontal position is required for either vertical or horizontal work.

Many variations may be made in my device without departing from the spirit and intent of the same which variations are comprehended within the terms of the specification and claim herein.

I claim:

A tool for removing putty from stained glass windows comprising a chisel shaped member having a short blade provided with an outer cutting edge and two adjacent side cutting edges extending to the outer cutting edge, an enlarged portion on said tool having extensions on opposite sides provided with fiat faces to form anvils Patented Feb. 21, 1956,

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Graham July 29, 1890 Ward Apr. 3, 1906 4 Miner Jan. 16, 1923 Woodings et al July 7, 1925 Yeager May 21, 1929 Alverson Dec. 10, 1940 Taylor Sept. 9, 1941 Cope Mar. 22, 1949 Ogden Mar. 2, 1954 

